Blanche Rowen

trac Trustees

Marlene Davies

Marlene was head of Accounting and Finance at the Glamorgan Business School at the University of Glamorgan, and is a singer.

Meurig Williams

Trustee

Meurig is a fiddler and one of the stalwarts of Clera, with a professional background in communications and IT.

Jim Blythe

Trustee

Jim is an author and lecturer in marketing at the University of Glamorgan with a longstanding interest in music.

Dr Keith Floyd

Trustee

Dr Keith Floyd is a farmer and retired lecturer. A fiddler and dancer, he’s a stalwart of the Ceredigion traditional music and dance scene.

Francis Brown

Trustee

Francis is a music promoter and blogger who runs Newsoundwales working primarily with Welsh acts such as Brigyn and Al Lewis. His professional background is in personnel, management and training.

Terry Duffy

Trustee

Terry plays mandolin, fiddle and banjo, sings, dances with Dawnswyr Delyn, and performs solo and in various groups. He’s a Clera organiser, with a professional background in international health & safety

Eiry Palfrey

Trustee

Performer, author and TV producer, Eiry is the current chair of the Welsh National Folk Dance Society.

Elliw Iwan

Trustee

Elliw works for Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol and is one of the founders of Cwpwrdd Nansi, which organises folk gigs in Cardiff with a strong Welsh flavour. She is a flautist and singer.

trac Patrons

Frank Hennessy

Patron

A respected performer and songwriter and a long-standing friend of trac, Frank currently presents BBC Radio Wales’ folk roots and acoustic music show, Celtic Heartbeat

Dafydd Iwan

Patron

Dafydd Iwan is the ultimate iconic Welsh folk/protest singer and one of the founders of Sain Records, Wales’ largest record company

Huw Stephens

Patron

Huw Stephens is a radio presenter with shows on BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio Cymru, and a founder of the Swn festival.

Kevin Brennan

Patron

Kevin Brennan is Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Folk Arts, Labour MP for Cardiff West and Shadow Minister for Schools.